Cooking utensil.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

G. W. PROBST. COOKING UTENSIL. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1906.

a I I I I I I n I $207596 Wjliofi'ii INVENTOR.

A TTORNE YS UNITED sTA r s PATENT oEEIo GEORGE WASHINGTON PROBST, OFLOOK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOKING UTENSIL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON PROBsT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid--- ess of cooking.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cooking vessel havinga plurality of fume or draft passages communicating with the interior ofthe vessel andextending beneath the bottom of the latter for conductingthe vapors to the stove, and, further, to provide means for removing anydeposits of grease or other foreign matter at the entrance to thedraft-passages.

A further object is to form the cover ofv the vessel with a safety'valvefor permitting the escape of steam or vapor in case the draftpassagesecome accidentally obstructed,

A still urther object of the invention is to generally improve andsimplify this class of devices, so as to add to their utility anddurability, as well as to, reduce the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,.Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cooking utensilconstructed inaccordance with my invention, a portion of the cover being broken awayto expose the interior of the vessel. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is 'a bottom plan view 'of a portion .of avessel. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the cleaning device. Fig.5-is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a modified form of theinvention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in all ofthe figures of the drawings.

The improved fume-conducting means may be used in connection withfrying-pans, stew pans, domestic boilers, and other cooking utensils,and by way of illustration is shown applied to a frying-pan or skilletof the ordinary construction, 1n which 5 designates the body of thevessel, 6 the handle, and 7 the marginal flange depending below thebottom 8 of the vessel, as shown.

The side Walls of the vessel are reinforced 0r thickened to formenlargements 9 and 9,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13,

Patented Oct. 2. 1906.

1906. Serial No. 305.856.

which extend laterally beneath the bottom of the receptacle to pointsadjacent the center of the latter, and formed in said enlargements aredraft or fume conducting passages vessel by means of spaced openings orapertures 11. The walls of the vessel. at the top thereof are formedwith a laterally-extending flange 12, and secured to said flange arespaced pins or lugs 13,- there'being similar lugs 14 secured to theupper face of the han dle 6 near the adjacent'or interior walls of thevessel. Mounted for limited rotation on lid or cover 15, provided with adepending retaining-flange 16,- and riveted or otherwise rigidly securedto the cover'are brackets 17, the ends of which are extended to formlaterally-projecting arms 18 for engagement with -the stop-pins '13 and14. ecuredto or formed integral with the brackets 17 are dependingscrapers or cutters 19, which engage the interior walls of the vessel atthe open- ,ings 11 and serve to remove any deposits of grease or otherforeign matter tending to obstruct said openings. It will thus be'seenthat by grasping the handle 20 and partially rotatin the vessel-coverthe knives or scrapers 19 Wi 1 be moved laterally across the apertures11, the extent ofv movement of the cover 15 being limited by'engagementof the arm 18 with the stop-pins 13 and 14.

steam or vapor should the apertures 11 become accidentally obstructed,there is provided a safety-valve consisting of a casing 21, extendedthrough the cover and communieating with the interior of thereceptacle.Disposed within the casing 21 is a rod 22, provided with a valve 23, acoiled spring 24 being interposed between the valve 23 and an annularshoulder 25, secured to the casing for normally holding the valve inclosed position.

In operation the fryin pan or vessel containing the food to be 000 ed isplaced on the stove and positioned over the opening communicatin withthe fire-pot, so that the steam an other vapor arising during theprocess of cooking will pass through the apertures 11 and fume-passages10 to the bottom of the vessel and be discharged throu h the openings inthe top of the stove to t e fire-box, and thus be effectually consumed.

Attention is called to the fact that by having the vessel formed withthe depending the vessel is a substantially conical-shaped As a meansfor permitting the escape of 10, communicating with the interior of the1 IIO marginal flanges 7 the discharge ends of the fume-passages arespacedirom the top of the stove, while by havin the lateral enlargementsextended inwar ly to points adjacent the center of the vessel the fumesand vapors are discharged downwardly at the center of the opening in thetop of the stove, thus preventing the escape of any of the fumes andrendering the cooking process odorless.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified form of theinvention, showing the same applied to a stew pan or pot, theconstructionand relative disposition of the various parts beingotherwise substantially the same as those shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of thedrawings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A culinaryvessel having a fume-conducting passage oommunicating with the interiorof the vessel, a cover mounted for rotation on the vessel, ascraping-blade depending from the cover and movable across the mouth ofthe fume-passage, said scraping-blade be ing of less Width than thewidth of the fumepassage, and means for limiting the rotary movement ofthe cover.

2. A culinary vessel having a fume-conducting passage communicatingwiththe interior of the vessel, spaced lugs secured to the vessel, a covermounted for rotation on said vessel, and provided with lateral armsadapted to engage the lugs for limiting the rotary movement of saidcover, and a scraping blade depending from the cover and movable acrossthe mouth of the fume-passage said blade being of less width than thewidth of the fume-passage.

3..A culinary vessel having a fume-conducting passage communicating withthe interior oi the vessel, spaced lugs secured to the vessel, a covermounted for rotary movement on said vessel, arms carried by the coverand adapted to engage the lugs for limiting the rotary movement of thecover, and a scraper movable across the mouth of the fume-passage.

4. A culinary vessel having a fume-conducting passage communicating withthe interi'or of the vessel, spaced lugs secured to the vessel, a covermounted for rotary movement on said vessel, a bracket secured to thecover and provided with a-laterally-extended arm adapted to engage thelugs for limiting the rotary movement of the cover, and a scraperdepending from the bracket and adapted to engage the walls of the vesselat the mouth of the fume-passage.

5. A culinary vessel provided with a depending fiange and having itsside walls reinforced and provided with oppositely-disposedfume-conducting passages communicating with the interior of the vesseland extended inwardly from said flange beneath the bottom of the vesselto points adjacent the center of the same, a cover mounted for limitedrotation on the vessel, a safety-valve carried by the cover, and spacedscrapingblades depending from the cover and adapted to engage theinterior walls of the vessel at said fume-passages 6. A culinary vesselprovided with oppositely-disposed enlargements the ends of which areextended laterally beneath the bottom of the vessel and provided withfumeconducting passages there being spaced openings formed in theinterior walls of the vessel and communicating with said fume-passages,spaced lugs secured to the vessel a cover mounted for rotation on thevessel and provided with lateral arms adapted to engage the lugs forlimiting the rotary movement of the cover, and a scraping-blade of lesswidth than the fume-passages, and adapted to engage the interior wallsof the vessel at said openings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto. affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WASHINGTON PROBST'.

Witnesses:

ISAAC RUMBERGER, ALBERT E. SUITER.

